Synopsis
This is the third edition of the book entitled "Fundamentals of Digital Logic and Microcomputer Design" (ISBN# 0966498011) by M. Rafiquzzaman. This third edition contains an overview of certain new topics including Motorola AltiVec vs. Intel MMX, CISC vs. RISC, DVD vs. CD memories, SDRAM, Flash memory,ASIC,Verilog/VHDL, CPLD/FPGA. New worked-out examples and end-of-chapter problems are provided. Several appendices containing details of instruction sets, execution times, and specification of support chips are also included.
From the Back Cover
Features: Combinational and sequential circuits. Design of registers, ALU, and Control Unit. Comparison of IC technologies including TTL, LSTTL, CMOS, HCMOS, and HCT for digital applications. Detailed descriptions of the architecture, addressing modes, instruction sets, I/O, and system design concepts of Intel 8086/80386 and Motorola 68000/68020. Overview of C, C++, and Java. PLD devices and Programming PALs using ABEL. Overview of the Intel 32- and 64-bit microprocessors including 80486, Pentium series including Celeron / Pentium II Xeon and Merced. Overview of Motorola 32- and 64-bit microprocessors including 68030/68040/68060 and PowerPC. Overview of the Internet.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.